Wagon-gear



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R. FERNANDEZ.

WAGON GEAR.

No. 395,045. Patented 1160.25, 1888. Z'g. Z.

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WAGON GEAR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT FERNANDEZ, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

WAGON-GEAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,045, dated December25, 1888.

Application filed October 16, 1888. Serial No. 288,209. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT FERNANDEZ, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedIVagon-Gear, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front axle, the front portion of thebody, and the front running-gear of a wagon constructed in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken onthe line x at of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing amodification, and Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional elevation of thesame.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

The axle A and the fifth-wheels B B may be of the ordinary or of anyapproved construction. Upon the head-block O is mounted the ellipticalspring I), which supports the body E in the usual manner. In addition tothis spring I use a yielding support to relieve the spring D. In Figs. 1and 2 this yielding support is in the form of a semi-elliptical spring,F, arranged central to the wagon. The lower half of this semi-ellipticalspring is secured to the upper fifth-wheel, B, by a clip, G. A block, G,is placed between the spring and said fifth-wheel to serve as a bedpieceor support for the spring. A bent binding-plate, G is passed over thecenter of the spring D, and is bolted at its forward end to the block G,and is held at its rear end by the clip G, so that the lower halves ofthe springs F D are securely united and practically act as one, thespring F serving to strengthen the spring D and relieve it of a part ofits load. The end of the upper half of the spring F is secured to thebody E and upper half of the spring D by a through-bolt, d, (shown indotted lines in Fig. 1,) and the front end of one leaf of the spring isextended to form the front brace, f, which is bolted to the body E, asshown in Fig. 1.

The body E is braced to the apex of the semi-elliptical spring F by thetwo opposite diagonal brace-rods H, which brace and support the body Eand cause the body E to react upon the said elliptical spring andprevent it from lateral displacement. In Figs. 3 and 4: these rods H areattached at their upper ends to the bolster M and at their lower ends tothe opposite ends of a bolt, N, which slides in a slot, N, in the reachN The body E is supported still further from the semi-elliptical springF by means of the leg J, Figs. 1 and 2, the lower end of which touchesor nearly touches the upper surface of the spring F, and is held fromrearward deflection by the stop t, formed upon or secured to the upperleaf of the semi-elliptical spring, as shown clearly in the drawings.

In Figs. 3 and 4, for a yielding support in place of spring F, as in 1and 2, I use the crossed plates or rods 0 and S and the upper and lowerreaches, N P. The plates or rods 0 are pivoted at their lower ends tothe reach N' by the bolt Q, and their upper ends are connected togetherby the bolt R, passed through the slot R in the upper reach, P. Theupper ends of the plates or rods S are attached to the upper reach, I,by a bolt, T, while their lower ends are attached to abovementioned boltN, which holds the rods-H H and which moves in the slot N. The plates orrods 0 and S are secured together in the center by the bolt U, so thatwhen the spring D is more than ordinarily depressed by the load and thebolts R and N reach the rear ends of the slots R N the plates or rods 0and S fulcrum over the central bolt, U, and furnish a yielding supportfor the load in addition to the spring D, and thus obviate the usualdanger of breaking the latter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The running-gear of a wagon, the usual spring, D, and a yieldingsupport or guard for the spring, connected with the main reach 3. Theemnbination, with the semi-elliptiand also with an upper reach at thebottom cal spring F, of the leg J, attaehedto the body of the box, incombination with side diagonal and resting upon the Said spring,substantially braces, II, for the body of the wagon, sulwi'zur as(ltSOlihPd. 5 tiallyas described.

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